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Past articles by Sandra:

First Look at Kathleen Buhle's Memoir: Hunter Biden's Ex on His Affair with Sister-in-Law — and Forgiveness

An exclusive excerpt from Buhle's upcoming book, If We Break, offers a window into how the onetime Biden found healing through her pain → Read More

Alessandra Torresani, Who Stopped Her Bipolar Meds While Pregnant, Wants Better Info on Drug Safety

The Big Bang Theory actress is due with her first child in June and has suffered three "terrifying" bipolar relapses during pregnancy → Read More

How Molly Shannon's Loss of Her Mom and Sister in Tragic Car Crash Inspired Her SNL Character

In Molly Shannon's raw and raucous memoir Hello, Molly!, excerpted exclusively in PEOPLE, the Saturday Night Live alum reveals how a devastating childhood loss improbably fueled her comedy career → Read More

Kyleigh Leddy Paints Vivid Portrait of Sister's Schizophrenia: 'She Became Another Person'

The therapist-in-training, 25, calls her compassionate but terrifying debut book "a love letter" to Kait, the older sister she once adored — but quickly grew to fear after a traumatic brain injury brought on violent rages. → Read More

Look Back at PEOPLE's 2017 Cover Story on the Mysterious Kidnapping Case of Calif. Mom Sherri Papini

When Papini was found safe after vanishing for 22 days, she claimed she had been violently abducted. Nearly five years later, authorities are saying she lied about what transpired → Read More

Novelist Amy Bloom Shares 'Excruciating' Journey After Her Ailing Husband Chose to Die By Assisted Suicide

When architect Brian Ameche learned he had Alzheimer's disease in 2019, he asked his wife, best-selling author Amy Bloom, to find a way for him to die on his own terms — and then write about it. → Read More

Author Grace Cho Shares Her Mother's Story of Developing Schizophrenia at 45: 'I Was Terrified'

Author Grace Cho shares what it was like for her mother to develop schizophrenia later in life → Read More

Sonia Sotomayor's New Book Inspired by Her Late Mother: 'She Danced 'Til the Last Days of Her Life'

The Supreme Court justice previews her latest children's book, Just Help! How to Build a Better World, telling PEOPLE she's eager to do "something concrete and with my hands to serve" → Read More

Former Boxer Mia St. John on Sobriety and New Purpose After Son's Suicide: He's 'Cheering Me On'

Mia St. John, a former boxing champion, has set out to help others with their mental health struggles after the death of her son, Julian → Read More

Bill Clinton Calls Hillary Clinton 'Most Qualified Person to Run for Office in My Lifetime, Including Me'

The former president says his wife's loss in the 2016 presidential election was "one of the most profound mistakes we ever made" as a country → Read More

Bill Clinton is Staying Sharp With Daily Sudoku and Puzzles After an Infection Left Him 'Delirious' in ICU

"They got me fixed up," the former president says of doctors who treated him in October when he was hospitalized and "too sick" to be scared → Read More

Bill Clinton Shares Secrets of North Korea Talks in New MasterClass, Reacts to FX 'Impeachment' Series

The former president previews for PEOPLE his new online course in inclusive leadership and admits it "saddens" him that Donald Trump does not fit in with the ex-presidents club → Read More

Bill Clinton Remembers Bob Dole Fondly, Rues That Reaching Across Political Lines is 'Not In Fashion Today'

The former Democrat president, previewing his upcoming MasterClass on leadership for PEOPLE, is feeling nostalgic — for a time when opponents could still work together in politics — ahead of his former rival's funeral Friday → Read More

Sharon Gless on 50 Years in Hollywood: Sex Scenes with Michael Douglas & Loving Rosie O'Donnell

Sharon Gless recalls her sex scenes with Michael Douglas and her love for Rosie O'Donnell in her new book → Read More

Murder in Paradise? Wife Fights for Answers in Husband's Suspicious Death on Cancún Anniversary Getaway

Jamie and Elijah Snow were celebrating their 10th anniversary in Mexico when horror struck → Read More

Wetting Her Pants & Hiding the Boss's Ugly Clothes—Huma Abedin and Hillary Clinton Talk New Memoir

In a 92nd Street Y book talk, the former White House intern and the political icon she's worked for for 25 years revel in the lighter—but revealing!—side of Abedin's debut book, Both/And → Read More

How Huma Abedin Discovered Her Husband's Betrayal Was Even Worse Than We Knew — and Learned to Forgive

In her new memoir and an interview with PEOPLE, the longtime Hillary Clinton adviser says she's "made peace" with her sexting ex Anthony Weiner, for her own sake and their son's → Read More

Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny Dish on the Bawdy Good Time They Had Writing New Thriller

The master mystery writer and the former secretary of state teamed up to conjure a Hillary-esque fictional "SecState" and a could-happen thriller straight out of her own nightmares. → Read More

Hillary Clinton's Nightmares Inspired New Thriller with Louise Penny: Read an Excerpt

State of Terror by Louise Penny and Hillary Clinton hits bookstores on Oct. 12 → Read More

Writer Donald Antrim Shares Raw Details of His Suicidal Illness to Help Others 'Trying to Stay Alive'

Writer Donald Antrim hopes that demystifying suicide will help get people to treatment → Read More